Hedi Slimane Photographs Yet Another Musician in Black and White for Saint Laurent

Hedi Slimane has really been putting his photography skills to work as the new creative director of Saint Laurent.
Most recently, he's rounded out his uber cool cast of musicians/models like Beck and Edie Campbell with pouty It girl/up-and-coming musician Sky Ferreira (who was front row at his PFW debut and wore pre-fall look 7 while performing on Jimmy Fallon last week).

Most recently, he's rounded out his uber cool cast of musicians/models like Beck and Edie Campbell with It-girl/up-and-coming musician Sky Ferreira (who was front row at his PFW debut and wore pre-fall look 7 while performing on Jimmy Fallon last week).

The 20-year-old stars, pouty and cat-eyed, in Slimane's pre-fall look book, which is pretty much shot entirely in black and white (which is fine since the entire collection is black).

It's not Ferreira's first modeling gig--she's covered V, posed for under-the-radar indie mags, and starred in an Adidas Originals campaign. She, like Beck, has even posed for Slimane's lense pre-SL, and for her latest EP cover artwork.

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It seems pretty clear that musicians of all ages (remember that Slimane created custom Saint Laurent pieces for Keith Richards) will continue to feature heavily in Saint Laurent's branding.

Throughout his tenure as the creative director of Saint Laurent, Hedi Slimane has made a habit of declining interviews--to reporters hoping to get a quote after his shows and even to the New York Times.
Slimane lifted his interview ban for Vogue and although he doesn't actually say much, the article (which you probably haven't even gotten to in the September Issue--it's towards the end) does reveal some interesting tidbits about the illusive fashion designer 'California artist' and his work at Saint Laurent. Even if the article is a bit adulatory (perhaps it's Vogue's apology for gently mocking the last collection).

Lynn Yaeger, who's always been a pretty straight shooter, set out on a "thrifting spree" inspired by Hedi Slimane's "California grunge"-inspired fall 2013 Saint Laurent collection--which she chronicled for Vogue.com.
What resulted is an article that, without explicitly stating anything negative about the collection, definitely calls it into question more than we would ever expect from an outlet like Vogue.